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IN THE NEWS

Coverage of USC Viterbi School activities in the national, international and local media and links to Viterbi items on 3rd party websites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr.

Recent - In the News


2013 Undergraduate Viterbi Awards
May 16, 2013
Students recognized for outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service
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Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Give $70 Million to Create New USC Academy, with Expertise from USC Viterbi, Marshall, Roski and Thornton Schools
May 15, 2013
The gift will establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.
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Ted Berger receives 2013 EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award
May 14, 2013
In recognition for his outstanding, continuous research in cortical prosthetics
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Built In LA Names Viterbi Startup Garage Its May Startup of the Month
May 14, 2013
Ashish Soni talks about the creation and goals of the Viterbi Startup Garage
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Science360 Radio Features Discovery Files Podcast on P3 (Photo Sharing)
May 10, 2013
The Discovery Files explains how USC Viterbi-developed “Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing" works
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Renowned Neuro Imaging Scientists and Institute Move to USC (with joint appointments to USC Viterbi and physical presence at ISI)
May 10, 2013
Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson lead the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) cluster hire
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Huffington Post Interviews Mark Humayun About his Work on the Artificial Retina
May 10, 2013
Mark Humayun discusses his development of the Argus II to help restore sight to the blind
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USC Viterbi and Partners Are Working Toward Memory Implants in Humans
May 10, 2013
Ted Berger and a team of neuroscientists are getting closer to repairing memory damage
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Dean Yortsos Judges in the Iron Man 3 Inventor and Innovator Fair
May 09, 2013
Robert Downey Jr., Dean Yortsos, and others award student finalists at Marvel's nationwide science competition
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Trying to Solve LA's Gridlock with Synchronized Traffic Lights
May 09, 2013
James Moore talks about the new system to synchronize LA's 4,300 traffic lights
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USC Viterbi Students Can Soon Minor in Mobile App Development
May 08, 2013
ITP's Trina Gregory talks about the new mobile app development curriculum starting in Fall 2013
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Andrew Viterbi Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
May 07, 2013
USC Viterbi School of Engineering namesake is recognized for his innovations in communications technology.
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Science360 Radio Features Nature Podcast on Quantum Systems
May 06, 2013
Ben Reichardt discusses his co-authored Nature journal article on classical command of quantum systems
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Gen. Petraeus Appointment to USC Includes Affiliation with USC Viterbi and ISI
May 02, 2013
Retired Gen. David Petraeus is named Judge Widney Professor at USC, an appointment affiliated with USC Viterbi and other USC schools
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USC Receives $3.25 Million for New Media Impact Study
May 01, 2013
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation finance a study for the Norman Lear Center and USC Viterbi to measure the actual impact of media
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USC Interaction Lab, part of the Robotics Research Lab, in LA Times' Science Now
April 24, 2013
German researchers find that our love for robots, like Bandit from the USC Interaction Lab, is natural
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Ted Berger's pioneering work hailed as a top-10 breakthrough technology in MIT Technology Review's annual list
April 23, 2013
The David Packard Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Neural Engineering is helping to define the way we think about experimentation showing it is possible to correct for memory loss with implanted electrodes
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AME Student Team wins 1st place at the AIAA Region VI Student Paper Competition
April 21, 2013
USC Viterbi Team of Aditya Vaidyanathan, David Kingman and Theresa Kurth rises to the top among 11 Institutions with the paper “When do Endplates Work?”
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Seeing With Lasers
April 18, 2013
Dr. Andrea Armani, a chemical engineering professor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is able to peer into the molecular world of reactions by using lasers.
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The Today Show Tries Out the Z Board
April 17, 2013
Show hosts ride hands-free electric skateboard developed by USC Viterbi alumni
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